US President Joe Biden’s chock-a-block European tour, the first foreign visit of his presidency, was meant to send a strong signal to democratic partners that the United...
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Could Poland have been a testing ground for foreign meddling later rolled out across Europe and the US? Put aside for a moment any thoughts of discourse theory, socio...
Polish journalist David Warszawski takes a critical look at Emerging Europe’s Jo Harper’s new book, Our Man in Warszawa: How the West Misread Poland. Experts...
Editor-in-chief of the hugely influential newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza for more than 30 years, Adam Michnik has not just reported Poland’s recent history, he has...
An interview with me appeared in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on April 8 – Brytyjski dziennikarz po 28 latach nad Wisłą: Zachód nie rozumie Polski. I...
The purchase of a large independent publisher by a state-run company raises new concerns over media freedom in Poland. Poland’s state-controlled oil refiner PKN Orlen...
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) is broadly immune to criticism. Whether its critics come from within Poland itself or externally from the European Union...
In an ideal world and in an ideal democracy, the media plays a crucial role as watchdog. It provides checks and balances and is the voice of scrutiny. It holds the...
Gergely Karácsony, the newly elected mayor of Budapest, has called for the creation of an “alliance of free cities” in Central Europe to counterweigh the power of what...
Marian Banaś, a Law and Justice (PiS) politician and recently appointed chief of Poland’s Supreme Audit Office has been heavily embroiled in a corruption...
Polish weekly newspaper Gazeta Polska announced on July 17 that it will give away ‘LGBT-free zone’ stickers with its next issue, depicting a black cross over...
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has demanded an explanation and called for an investigation into allegations that the head of the country’s financial...
Former Polish President Lech Walesa (pictured above, right) and several other former leaders have asked the European Union to defend the rule of law in their country. In...